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11 teenagers wounded in mass shooting at birthday gathering in US state of Georgia

Eleven teenagers were wounded in a mass shooting at a birthday gathering in the US state of Georgia, with two of them in critical condition, media reports said on Monday. The shooting occurred around midnight during a “large gathering” at Carolyn Crayton Park in Macon, about 85 miles (137 kilometres) southeast of Atlanta, CBS News reported, citing the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office. The victims were four 18-year-old men, two 18-year-old women and five 17-year-old boys. An 18-year-old man and a 17-year-old boy remained in critical condition, while the other nine victims were stable. Bibb County Sheriff David Davis said the gathering appeared to be a birthday party that had originally been planned at another location before attendees moved to the park. Another group later arrived, and an argument between the two groups escalated into gunfire, Davis said. All 11 people wounded were part of the birthday gathering. No arrests had been made, and the investigation r...
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French radio reports, five new suspects arrested over Louvre robbery

Two men arrested on suspicion of stealing jewels from the Louvre Museum have "partially admitted" their involvement in the daylight heist but the precious pieces remain missing, the Paris prosecutor said on Wednesday. Four hooded thieves made off with their booty after breaking into the Louvre's Apollo gallery, home to the French Crown Jewels, during opening hours on the morning of October 19, exposing security lapses at the world's most-visited museum. Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said the two men in detention were suspected of breaking into the museum through an upstairs window, while two accomplices waited on the street below. "Both have partially admitted their involvement to investigators," she told a press conference. "We do not rule out the possibility of a larger group, including a person who commissioned the theft and may have been the intended recipient of the stolen jewels," Beccuau added. There is no evidence at this stage in the investigation to suggest the heist was an inside job, she said. "The jewels are not yet in our possession. But I want to remain hopeful that they will be found and returned to the Louvre Museum." Organised Theft Charges The two detained men were arrested on Saturday after being identified through DNA traces left at the crime scene. One of them, a 34-year-old unemployed Algerian national living in France since 2010, was detained by police as he tried to board a flight to Algeria. The other man, 39, was already under judicial supervision in an aggravated theft case, Beccuau said. Both men live in Aubervilliers, a low-income neighbourhood in the deprived suburbs of northern Paris. Beccuau said investigators would be asking magistrates to place the two men under formal investigation on suspicion of multiple organised theft offences. Being placed under formal investigation in France does not imply guilt or necessarily lead to trial but shows judicial authorities consider there is enough evidence to pursue a preliminary probe. Their lawyers, David Bocobcza and Reda Ghilachi, told TV station BFMTV they have demanded the investigation to be kept confidential and carried out with all serenity. They said their clients will only speak to the investigative magistrates. The thieves stole eight precious pieces worth an estimated $102 million from the Louvre's collection on October 19 before escaping on motorbikes. They used an elevator truck stolen in the town of Louvres in Val-d'Oise, near Paris, two weeks before the heist, to access an outside balcony before smashing a window, the prosecutor said. The museum's cameras failed to detect the intrusion swiftly enough to prevent the robbery, which took between six to seven minutes. The security shortcomings have forced the museum to transfer some of its most precious jewels to the Bank of France under secret police escort, according to French radio RTL. Five new suspects have been arrested over the Louvre robbery, French radio station RTL reported on Thursday. French TV station BFM had reported earlier on Thursday that one further person had been arrested in the Paris region late on Wednesday, and that this man is suspected of being present on the crime scene on October 19, when the heist took place. Two men arrested last weekend have "partially admitted" their involvement in the heist, the Paris prosecutor said on Wednesday. Officials at the Paris prosecutor's department did not immediately respond to requests for a comment on the situation.

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